Eyeglass-mounting.



G. A. BADER.

EYEGLASS MOUNTING. APPLIOATIOH FILED m. e, 1910.

1,027,515. Patented May28,1912.

' GUSTAV A. BADER, or nocnnsrnn, NEW YORK.

EYEGLASS-MOUNTING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28,1912.

Application filed August 6, 1910. Serial No. 576,006.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, GUSTAV A. BADER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglass- Mountings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to eyeglass-mountings of the type in which thenose-clamps 'are mounted upon levers pivotally connected with the body or bridgeof the mounting and controlled by means of springs.

The object of the invention is to produce a novel and simple form and arrangement of the springs employed as aforesaid, these springs being located entirely behind the pivotal supports of the nose-clamp levers anil being readily removable and replaceab e.

To the foregoing end the invention consists in the eyeglass-mounting hereinafter described, as it is defined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a rear-elevation of a portion of an eyeglass-mounting embodying the present invention; and Fig. 2 is a plan-view of the same.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the bridge 4, the lens-clips 5 and the lens-straps 6 are all of ordinary form. The bridge is provided with an enlarged extremity or body-portion 3 upon which the nose-clamp lever 7 is pivoted, in a wellknown manner, by means of a pivot-screw 8, and the nose-clamp. lever is provided with the usual finger-piece 9, projecting forwardly and operable to swing the noseclamp. away from the nose.

The present invention resides particularly a in the spring for controlling the nose-clamp lever 7 and the support upon which this spring is mounted. The support is in the form of a wire or pin 18, of which the upper end is fixed to the upper lens-strap 6 so that the support projects downwardly close behind the body 3 of the mounting. The

spring comprises a helical portion 10 which is coiled about the support 13, and two ends 11 and 12 which are bent into proper form to engage, respectively, the nose-clamp lever and the upper edge of one ofthe lensclips 5. Y

When the spring is in operative position it is retained securely upon the support 13 by the engagement of the hooked end 12 with the lens-clip, and the spring then acts to throw the nose-guard lever inwardly, or toward the nose of the wearer. Whenit is necessary to remove the spring for any purpose, either in case of breakage or where adjustment is required, this can readily be done by swinging the ends 12 and 11 out of engagement with the nose-clip and the noseclamp lever, respectively, whereupon the spring may be freely withdrawn from the lower end of the spring support.

I claim z- An eyeglass mounting having, in combination, lens-clips, a body-portion, a noseclamp lever pivoted on the body-portion, a spring-support arranged close behind and substantially parallel with the pivotal axis of the nose-clamp lever, and a torsion spring having a portion. coiled about the springsupport, an end extending rearwardly and en aging the nose-clamp lever and another en engaging the edge of one of the lens clips so as to retain the spring on the spring-v support.

GUSTAV A. BADER.

Witnesses FARNUM F. DORSEY, D. GURNEE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

, Washington, D. G. 

